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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I much prefer homemade pizza to takeout or delivery - maybe I'm in the minority but to me, its much better to be able to put whatever toppings you want on the pizza and its a lot cheaper. If you keep dough on hand in your freezer and thaw it out the night before you want to make pizza, it can also be faster than delivery. I typically make a double batch of dough so I always have an extra crust available. You can thaw the dough in the refrigerator and then all you have to do is roll it out and prepare your toppings. I made this using my favorite pizza crust from The Way The Cookie Crumbles - which is awesome - but using half whole wheat flour, half bread dough to make it healthier.

So Buffalo chicken pizza was what I came up with when I thought I was all set for pizza night only to discover I had no pizza sauce. I didn't even have any tomatoes on hand to make some pizza sauce. But I know I've seen Buffalo chicken pizza on other food blogs with a ranch dressing type of sauce. Of course, I didn't have ranch dressing either - that bottle got thrown away the last time I cleaned out the fridge to get rid of anything containing high fructose corn syrup. But I had buttermilk and sour cream so making my own dressing was easy. Adding some Frank's Red Hot, shredded chicken, onions and a combination of mozzarella and sharp cheddar completed the pizza.

It turned out to be a great improvisation and the pizza was delicious.